This past weekend I raced in my first ever cyclocross race and first race in 14 years. I didn’t do too well.\u00a0 Passing is an insane bitch in cyclocross.\u00a0 I got content near the back just trying to find the endurance for 3 laps.\u00a0 It’s a lot harder than I expected.\u00a0 Far harder than road riding, faster and almost as hard endurance wise as a mountain bike race.\u00a0 But hell, I finished and I don’t have to worry about slipping in the rankings.\u00a0 I got the feeling everyone expected me to do much better and I was kind of a letdown.\u00a0 Perhaps I will do better this weekend in Chapel Hill.\u00a0 I’ve never even seen that course, at a high school, so I’m not sure how to prepare for what it may have in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This past weekend I raced in my first ever cyclocross race and first race in 14 years. I didn’t do too well.\u00a0 Passing is an insane bitch in cyclocross.\u00a0 I got content near the back just trying to find the endurance for 3 laps.\u00a0 It’s a lot harder than I expected.\u00a0 Far harder than road … Continue reading 9\/27\/14 – My first bike race in 14 years.<\/span>